Journal profile
Nucleic Acids Research
Nucleic Acids Research is published by Oxford University Press under ISSN 0305-1048. It holds an h-index of 883 across 56,034 indexed works, with a two-year mean citedness of 16.39, and is open access. Its main subject areas are RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms, RNA modifications and cancer, DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry.
Below: the full publication record, and one real article from the journal formatted in IEEE, APA, and BibTeX so you can match field order against a source you can check.
Publication record and impact metrics
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
|---|---|
| ISSN-L | 0305-1048 |
| All ISSNs | 0305-1048, 1362-4954, 1362-4962 |
| Indexed works | 56,034 |
| Total citations | 6,165,929 |
| h-index | 883 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 16.39 |
| Open access | Open access, listed in DOAJ |
| Main topics | RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms · RNA modifications and cancer · DNA and Nucleic Acid Chemistry · RNA Research and Splicing · DNA Repair Mechanisms |
Publication figures come from this journal's OpenAlex record, released under CC0, and are a dated snapshot rather than a live count. Check the publisher for current scope and submission requirements.
A worked example from this journal
The source
Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: a new generation of protein database search programs
- Authors
- Stephen F. Altschul
- Year
- 1997
- Volume
- 25
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 3389-3402
IEEE
S. F. Altschul "Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: a new generation of protein database search programs," Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 25, no. 17, pp. 3389-3402, 1997, doi: 10.1093/nar/25.17.3389.
IEEE prints author initials before the surname and abbreviates the periodical title. Check the abbreviation for Nucleic Acids Research against your target publication's reference list before submitting.
APA
Altschul, S. F. (1997). Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: a new generation of protein database search programs. Nucleic Acids Research, 25(17), 3389-3402. https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/25.17.3389
APA puts the year directly after the authors, keeps the full journal title in italics, and renders the DOI as a URL.
BibTeX
@article{altschul1997,
author = {Stephen F. Altschul},
title = {Gapped BLAST and PSI-BLAST: a new generation of protein database search programs},
journal = {Nucleic Acids Research},
volume = {25},
number = {17},
pages = {3389--3402},
year = {1997},
issn = {0305-1048},
doi = {10.1093/nar/25.17.3389}
}The citation key is the first author's surname and the year. Keep it stable once it appears in a draft, because renaming it breaks every cite that used it.
What to verify before you submit
- The volume and page range. Nucleic Acids Research records 56,034 works, and articles published online first can carry a different volume from the final issue. Cite the version you read.
- The abbreviated title. IEEE style uses standard periodical abbreviations, and registry metadata almost always returns the full name instead.
- Author name order. Registry records store full given names; IEEE and APA both want initials, formatted differently from each other.
- Whether the article is open access. This journal is open access and listed in DOAJ, which affects whether a reader can reach the version you cited.
- That the source supports your claim. A correctly formatted reference says nothing about whether the passage backs the sentence citing it.
How this journal sits in the record
Nucleic Acids Research carries an h-index of 883, which is above 99% of the journals covered here, and its articles have accumulated 6,165,929 citations across 56,034 indexed works. Its two-year mean citedness is 16.39.
38 of the journals covered here are published by Oxford University Press. Reference style is set per title rather than per publisher, so do not carry a format across from a sibling journal without checking.
These are indexing figures describing how often work in this venue is cited. They say nothing about whether a particular article is sound, and they are not a substitute for reading it.
Questions about Nucleic Acids Research
What is the ISSN of Nucleic Acids Research?
The linking ISSN is 0305-1048. The journal also carries 1362-4954 and 1362-4962, which usually separate the print and electronic editions. Use the linking ISSN in a BibTeX issn field.
Who publishes Nucleic Acids Research?
Oxford University Press publishes it. 38 journals covered here come from the same publisher, and they do not all share one reference style, so check the requirements for this title rather than the publisher.
Is Nucleic Acids Research open access?
OpenAlex records it as open access and it is listed in DOAJ. An open-access article is reachable by any reader, so a reviewer can check the passage you cited without a subscription.
How do I cite an article from Nucleic Acids Research in LaTeX?
Use the BibTeX entry above as the pattern. The entry type is article, the journal field holds the full title, and the citation key altschul1997 follows the first author's surname and the year. Brace any acronym in the title so your bibliography style does not lowercase it.
Does Nucleic Acids Research use page numbers or article numbers?
The example article runs from page 3389 to 3402, so this journal used page ranges at least for that volume. Newer issues in many journals switched to article numbers, so check the version you are citing.
How influential is Nucleic Acids Research?
Its h-index is 883, above 99% of the journals covered here, and its articles have been cited 6,165,929 times in total. Its two-year mean citedness is 16.39. These are indexing figures, not a judgement of whether a specific article is sound.
Does Nucleic Acids Research have a Journal Impact Factor?
Not one shown here. The Journal Impact Factor is Clarivate's metric, published in Journal Citation Reports and readable only with a JCR subscription, so this page does not restate it. The figures above come from OpenAlex: an h-index of 883 and a two-year mean citedness of 16.39 across 56,034 indexed works, captured on 2026-09-18. Mean citedness averages citations per work over a two-year window, which makes it closer in construction to CiteScore than to the Impact Factor. The three are not interchangeable, so quote whichever one your target venue actually asks for.